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A Brewton man who showed up for jury duty at the Escambia County Courthouse was quickly excused from duty and escorted to the county jail after he emptied his pockets before going through the metal detector and emptied out a bag containing marijuana and synthetic marijuana (spice). Jacoby Nykem Curry, 26, 156 Pitts St., was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana II. Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson said Curry was running late for...
Dry, windy conditions this past weekend turned into the perfect storm for brush fires as multiple fire departments scrambled around Escambia County (Ala.) putting out four fires that eventually burned 165 acres and engulfed one shed from five fires Saturday and Sunday. Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said one of the wildfires began when a control burn got out of hand and the other three started with people burning debris that also got out of hand. Stanton said the first 911 call came from a...
The first time Flomaton's 2022 track and field team set foot on a track this year was Saturday at the Covington County Invitational and the boys' team left Andalusia with a third place finish among 20 teams. Karl Smith started the track and field team at Flomaton High School in 2019 and Saturday's third place finish was the highest in school history. He noted the girls also finished eighth overall. Flomaton doesn't have track and field facilities but Coach Smith said he's got girls and boys will...
The Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department recently added a new squad and rehabilitation vehicle to its arsenal with a donated gift from the Perdido Beach Fire Rescue Department in Baldwin County thanks to Charles Jackson and his wife Cindy. The 1997 International command vehicle was put into service last week in Flomaton. Charles Jackson serves as the Chief of the McCall Volunteer Fire Department and his wife serves as the certified incident officer for McCall. Charles Jackson also serves as...
A Century man is in jail facing felony manslaughter charges after an altercation involving a metal pipe led to death of the victim 10 days later. Timothy Lavon Johnson, 34, 77 Martin Luther King Drive, was arrested Feb. 18 and charged with the homicide of another Century man following an altercation between the two in July of 2021, which led to the unnamed man's death on July 28, 2021, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report. The report said officers responded to a battery call...
Darrell Blevins is etched into the hearts, minds and character of many people following his 15 years as the head baseball coach at Coastal Alabama Community College's Brewton campus. His name will now be etched on the field where he not only taught young men baseball, but life and the need to succeed in the classroom as well as the baseball field. Blevins died in August, 2021, from complications from COVID-19, but his memory lives on. Family and friends gathered on Feb. 12 at Coastal's baseball...
Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson said the biggest complaint he receives is about speeding through the town and his department is stepping up its enforcement. "We get more complaints about speeding than anything else," Thompson said. "So we are trying to address the problem aggressively." Using a laser speed detector armed with a camera, Flomaton police stopped 23 vehicles in two and a half hours Thursday, Feb. 17, on Highway 29 as vehicles came across the overpass from Century in the 35...
A Brewton man who was arrested in March, 2021 for sexually abusing an 11-year old victim is now facing sexual abuse charges against a second male victim, age 9. Tristan Dakota Sinclair, 19, with addresses listed on Appleton Road, McGougin Road and in Tennessee, was arrested last week and charged with two counts of sodomy I and two counts of sexual abuse of a child. Sinclair has remained in jail since his March, 2021, arrest on charges of sodomy I, sexual abuse of a child less than 12 and...
The Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to ask the Alabama attorney general’s office for an opinion to see if the town can spend municipal funds to provide the mayor and the town of Flomaton legal representation in a quest to resolve the funds accumulated to maintain the Flomaton Cemetery. In 1960 the cemetery property was transferred to a board of trustees that included the mayor, the postmaster and the president of Escambia County Bank. The town does not own the property. Because t...
A second person was arrested along with Issac Lopez on identical charges of endangering the welfare of a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Elizabeth Lopez, 28, aka Elizabeth Trawick, 968 Old Sardine Road was charged with the misdemeanor counts and issued a bond at the scene of her arrests. Flomaton Municipal Court records list her as Elizabeth Lopez. The arrests of Issac and Elizabeth Lopez came after an ambulance was dispatched to her residence on Dec. 25, 2021 to find a 13-...
Issac Lopez, a former Flomaton police officer who was fired in December, 2020, after being arrested in Escambia County, Fla., for trafficking methamphetamine and charged in Alabama for using his position for personal gain, is back behind bars facing new misdemeanor charges and had his $200,000 bond in Alabama revoked. Lopez, 37, was originally arrested Dec. 7, 2020, in Florida on the trafficking charge in Pensacola. He was released on $100,500 bond in Florida and then jailed at the Escambia...
A Flomaton man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment after running into two vehicles on Poplar Street as parents and grandparents were picking up children from Flomaton Elementary School, with one woman using her cell phone to take pictures of him and his tag number. Richard Browning was arrested by Flomaton police Wednesday, the day after the incident. Rose Wilson said she was in line on Poplar to pick up her granddaughter when Browning's black Mercedes...
Escambia County (Ala.) voters casting ballots in certain districts in the May 24 Republican Primary will have three contested local races following Friday’s deadline to qualify for primaries. All Republican voters across the county will see incumbent District 22 State Sen. Greg Albritton being challenged by Stephen Sexton for the party’s nomination. Republican voters in the Alabama House of Representatives District 92 will decide between Matthew Hammett and Greg White. Mike Jones currently hol...
The Century Council Monday night approved to advertise for two positions, coordinator and town planner, to fill in a position left vacant by Town Planner Debbie Nickles, as she retires from working with the town after more than 30 years. Nickles became a Senior Planner III with the West Florida Regional Planning Council in Pensacola and started working with the town in October of 1989. From 1989 to 1991, she worked on Land Use Planning and Community Development. From 1991 to 2007, she worked in...
A Flomaton man was killed and four others were transported to the hospital in a head-on collision last Wednesday afternoon on Highway 31 about five miles west of Flomaton, near the 51 mile marker. Calvin L. 'Meatball' Johnson, 68, of Flomaton was killed in the Jan. 19 crash about 5:15 p.m. Reports note that Johnson's 2004 Honda SUV veered into the path of a 2003 pickup truck driven by Brian T. Grant of Atmore. Grant and three passengers, ages 11, 7 and 2 were transported by helicopters to...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey presented Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., with a ceremonial $350,000 check that will be used to finance the first phase of a rehabilitation project on the town's sewage lagoon, located on Martin Luther King Drive. Bondurant said the total estimate to make the needed repairs on the lagoon is about $800,000 but feels confident he can get the funds to complete the project. In the first phase with the $350,000 grant the town will have to match that with $70,000 in local...
The deadline to qualify for the May 24 Democrat and Republican primary elections is 5 p.m. Friday and as of Wednesday morning there will be two contested races for the Republican nomination in Escambia County, Ala. In the Republican race for county commission District 3 seat, incumbent Scottie Stewart, Billy Blair and Larry White have entered the race. In the county school board District 4 Republican race, incumbent Cindy Jackson, John Brantley and Rachel Wagner have qualified. As of Wednesday,...
As of press time Wednesday the identity of the person who died Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash on County Road 4 near Century had not been released as officials await DNA and dental records to make a positive identification. According to reports released by the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of the silver sedan was traveling west on Highway 4, just west of Gloryland Road when the vehicle left the roadway and slammed head-on into a tree off of the south shoulder. The report states after...
As of Tuesday there is only one contested local race in Escambia County (Ala.) with the deadline to qualify set at Feb. 28 for the May 24 primary elections. Incumbent District 3 County Commissioner Scottie Stewart is being challenged by Billy Blair and former Commissioner Larry White in the Republican Primary. The only people to qualify for the Republican Primary so far for local elections are incumbent Sheriff Heath Jackson and incumbent District 4 School Board Member Cindy Jackson and District...
John Clarence Smith already has his name etched in the history books at Jay High School for his many years of service to the school and on Thursday, Jan. 27, friends, family members, former students and more will gather inside the gymnasium to officially dedicate and name the school's gym as the 'John Clarence Smith Gymnasium'. Smith, 96, was a 40-year educator in Santa Rosa County and spent 36 years at Jay High School as the head basketball coach among other duties. At Jay, Smith's teams won...
A 21-year old Flomaton woman was charged with rape, sodomy and interfering with child custody for allegedly having sex with a 15-year old juvenile. Paisley Lanet Gantt, 567 Oil Well Road, was arrested by Flomaton police who were investigating a missing juvenile case last week. Police Chief Chance Thompson said the juvenile was located with Gantt within two hours after the missing juvenile report came into the police department. According to court records the alleged sexual contact with the juven...
Following complaints about the burning of yard debris, the Flomaton Town Council voted Monday afternoon to ban burning from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. within the town limits. The council had discussed having people get a permit to burn vegetation, limbs and woods, but opted not to include it in the ordinance. An exception to the new ordinance will allow for an open fire for cooking and recreational purposes as long as the fire is started, maintained and kept in a steel, metal or masonry container, such as...
A 21-year old Indianapolis man who befriended a 14-year old East Brewton girl through social media has been charged with rape II and interference with child custody after he rode a Greyhound bus and hitchhiked from West Virginia to have sex with the underage girl. Cameron Lawrence Sparks was jailed on $500,000 following his arrest by officers with the East Brewton Police Department. Sparks was also charged with computer solicitation of sex from a child. East Brewton Police Chief Kenny Brazille...
The Flomaton Town Council will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, to allow input on whether or not the town should sell the old Jackson Theater and parking lot for a price below appraised value to a private company. The property is located at 320 Palafox St. and has an appraised value of $39,000 to $49,000. The town has an offer from Linco, LLC., to purchase the building and parking lot for $6,000. The public hearing, which will be held at town hall, is to determine whether or not...
Two felony assault charges against an Atmore man who crashed into a vehicle occupied by a Flomaton couple will be upgraded after one of the victims died seven days following the collision at the intersection of Main and Church streets in downtown Atmore. Joseph Allen Weese, 33, 67 Alpine Ave., was originally charged with two counts of assault after the Dec. 23 collision with a vehicle occupied by Donna and Andy Moye. Weese was given a $500,000 bond on the assault charges, but Andy Moye, 62, of...
